Chan, Paul2003 Rockefeller Fellowship Recipienthttp://hdl.handle.net/1813/38312015-08-02T20:36:35Z2015-08-02T20:36:35ZAlternumericsChan, Paulhttp://hdl.handle.net/1813/38332015-07-07T22:37:59Z2006-11-15T16:24:52ZAlternumerics
Chan, Paul
Alternumerics explores the intimate relationship between language and interactivity by
transforming the simple computer font into an art form that explores the fissure between what
we write and we what mean. By replacing the individual letters and numbers (known as
alphanumerics) with textual and graphic fragments that signify what is typed in radically
different ways, Alternumerics transforms the act of typing into a digital performance and any
computer connected to a standard printer into an interactive art making installation. There are
five fonts in the Altemumeric collection.
2006-11-15T16:24:52Z2003 Rockefeller New Media Foundation ProposalChan, Paulhttp://hdl.handle.net/1813/38322015-07-08T00:12:20Z2006-11-15T16:21:26Z2003 Rockefeller New Media Foundation Proposal
Chan, Paul
Visions from the economy of waste is a collection of interactive media pieces that explores
what happens when a human by-product becomes a point of convergence between humans
and machines.
Visions starts with a simple premise: In the near future, technology finds a way to store
data in human feces. Cheaper to produce and infinitely renewable, shit replaces computer
hard drives, CD-ROMs, and floppy disks as the data storage option of choice. Technology
transforms shit from human waste to digital necessity, and makes it a focal point in the
information economy.
Each of the nine media art pieces explores a particular facet of the future use value of
shit. Each piece is based on a fictional character working and living in the new economy
of waste. Each piece is created with a specific media in mind that appropriately expresses,
in form, content and interactivity, the narrative arc of the fictional characters.
When finished, this project is staged as an installation that resemble an exhibit at a natural
history museum, documenting the social, political, and technological genealogy of the
shit to come.
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